In Celebration of Christmas, Register.com Introduces .cx Christmas Island Domains; Customers can register www.''my-name''.cx for just $46.64 or 29 pounds for two years

Business Wire, Dec 22, 1999

Business Editors, High-Tech Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 1999

In the spirit of the holidays, register.com, inc., one of the leading registrars of Internet domain names, today launched registrations for the .cx domain extension, the country code domain for Christmas Island.

The .cx extension (eg. http://www.register.cx ) is the latest international offering by register.com, which now provides customers with automatic domain registrations in 21 country code top level domains.

"Today, we're wishing our customers Happy Holidays by being among the first registrars to offer direct search and registration services in the .cx country code domain," said Richard Forman, CEO and President of register.com. "We hope our customers will appreciate our continued efforts to offer them a wide choice of domain name extensions."

To register a .cx domain name, customers can enter their name on the register.com Whois search space, located on the home page (www.register.com), and click on the .cx extension box. If the name is available, they can purchase it for just $46.64 (UK(pound)29) for two years. Renewals are $23.35 (UK(pound)14.50) yearly thereafter. All searches are free and without obligation.

Register.com offers quick domain registration for a wide range of International domain extensions, including .co.uk (United Kingdom), .to (Tonga) and .md (Moldova). In addition, register.com Corporate Services can provide registration services for over 170 additional country code domain extensions, including .fr (France), .hk (Hong Kong) and .ar (Argentina). For more information about Register.com Corporate Services, visit the register.com Web site at http://www.register.com/corporate.

"Register.com recognizes that the Internet does not consist of just .com, .net and .org," said John Buchbinder, Manager of International Business Development for register.com. "As the Internet grows, international domains will become increasingly valuable, which is why we plan to serve as the one-stop shopping site for businesses and individuals who wish to register their domain names across the globe."

Selected as one of the first five companies worldwide to receive official accreditation by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), register.com was the first registrar to start registering .com, .net

and .org domain names in addition to Network Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSOL).

About register.com, inc.:

Register.com, Inc. (www.register.com) provides domain name registration and other Internet services for individuals and businesses that wish to have a unique address and a branded identity on the Internet. The company's strategic partners include Staples (Nasdaq:SPLS), Concentric (Nasdaq:CNCX), ZDNet (Nasdaq:ZD), Cybersource (Nasdaq:CYBS), Intuit (Nasdaq:INTU), MasterCard International and USA.NET, Inc.

Register.com was ranked among the top 100 Web sites by PC Magazine in April and July 1999 and by POV in November 1999. It was also listed as one of Fortune Magazine's 25 Products to Watch in December 1999. The Company was founded in 1994 and is based in New York City.